A fortnight on from his surprise sacking by the Discovery Channel, it appears that there have been no attempts by the channel to re-sign British adventurer and survival expert Bear Grylls, meaning that he is looking most likely to take himself to another network for future work.

Bear Grylls leaves Discovery Channel

Grylls is best known for his reality survival show Man vs Wild (also known as Born Survivor: Bear Grylls and Ultimate Survival), but a contract dispute with the network is set to end a series which ran for 7 seasons, 68 episodes (including celebrity editions that saw him offer the outdoorsman experience to star names such as Will Ferrell), and broadcast in over 200 countries.

A statement issued on 14 March by the Discovery Channel after the disagreement stated: “Due to a continuing contractual dispute with Bear Grylls, Discovery has terminated all current productions with him.”

Bear’s spokesperson Heather Krug had added: “Bear’s goal has always been to make life-empowering shows for his many fans around the globe, and he has taken great risks to bring Discovery such award winning programming over seven seasons. Unfortunately, Bear and Discovery have not been able to come to mutual agreement on new programming, and he disagrees with Discovery’s decision to terminate current productions. Bear has loved the ‘Man vs Wild‘ journey and looks forward to producing further cutting edge content again soon for his loyal audience.”

Bear who has been accussed of faking his shows in the past, himself summarised the departure by thanking his production team via Twitter, writing: “Super proud of my team … looking forward to the next set of adventures! Thank you fans for your support! Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”

Having been working on Man vs Wild since 2006, a 6-year stint (which also saw him star in less renowned advice series Worst Case Scenario) with the Discovery Channel is now ending, but there are likely to be no shortage of offers coming in for him to produce for other networks. If he sticks by his own advice, where will Bear Grylls leave the next part of his trail?